Wagon-reach.



S. A. HALL & O. E. KING.

WAGON REACH.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26, 1913.

L85,0 Patented 111.20, 1914.

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WAGON-REACH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Jan. 2o, lei i.

Application filed. April 26, 1913. Serial No. 763,897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL A. HALL and CHARLES E. Kins; citizens of the United States, residing at Cameron, in the county of Marshall and State of Vt est Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvelowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to wagon reaches and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a wagon reach of simple and durablestructure which may be easily and quickly manipulated in order that it may be elongated 0r shortened as desired to position the front and rear axles of a running gear at proper distances apart.

With the above object in view, the reach structure includes a sleeve which is dlsposed transversely with relation to the rear axle of a wagon runnin gear and to the opposite sides of which is adjustably secured the forward ends of rear hounds. The rear ends of the hounds are fixed to the rear bolster of the running gear or the rear axle thereof in The said sleeve is nonably mounted upon the under side of the sleeve and is held in position by the same securing devices that connect the forward ends of the hounds to thesleeve A reach ole also non-circular in transverse section fits slidably in the sleeve and is provided upon its under side with a series of openings. The sleeve is also provided with openings. A threaded bolt engages thp sleeve and adapted to be passed transversely through the openings which are in register and thereby hold the reach pole in adjusted position with relation to the sleeve.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the reach.- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of'the same.

The reach comprises a sleeve 1 which is non-circular in transverse section and which is provided with a flat lower side portion 2.

The side portion 2 is provided with a series of perforations or openings 3. The sleeve 1 is adapted to lie transversely across the rear axle and bolster of the running gear of a wagon. Hounds t are connec ed at their rear ends with the bolster at the opposite sides of the sleeve 1 and the forward ends of the saidhounds lie against the opposite sides of the forward portion of the sleeve 1. A block 5 is positioned against the lower surface of the flattened side 2 of the sleeve 1 and is provided at its ends with flanges 6.

Plates 7 are located agalnst the outer sides of the forward ends of the hounds 1 and.

draw 01' traction bolts 8 pass through the said plates and extend transversely across the forward portions of the hounds and the forwardportion of the sleeve 1. The lowermost bolts 8 engage the flanges 6 at the ends of the block and holds the block against longitudinal. movement with relation to the sleeve 1 and in close contact with the under surface of the flattened portion 2 thereof.

A reach pole 9 is slidably received in the sleeve 1 and the said reach pole is also n0ncircular in transverse section and is provided with a lower flattened side 10. The side 10 is provided with a series of perforations or openings 11. The openings 11 are adapted to be brought into register with the openings 3. A threaded bolt 12 passes through the block 5 and is adapted to pass at its inner end through the registering perforations 3 and 11 in the sleeve and reach pole. The belt 12 is provided at its lower end with a knob 13.

In view of theabove description it will'be seen that by screwing the bolt 12, the inner end thereof will be carried out of one of the perforations 11 in the reach pole 9 and thus the said reach pole may be moved longitudinally within the sleeve 1. When' the reach pole has been adjusted to a desired point with relation to the sleeve and two of the perforations 3 and 11 are brought into register or alinemeut, the bolt 12 may e screwed back into position whereby the parts will be held in adjusted relation. Thus the connection between the forward and rear axles of the running gear may be lengthened or shortened as desired. If at any time it secured at the adjusted positions.

Having described the invention what is claimed 1s:

1. A wagon reach comprising a sleeve :n' d provided With a flattened lower side, a r m pole slidably received in the sleeve :12 i wing non-circular in transverse section and having a lower flattened side, the flatl sil'sd sides of the sleeve and pole having pertru-alions adapted to be brought into regl:dl'1' with each other, a block located at the lower surface of the flattened side of the sleive. and a bolt screw threaded into en- :la "illelili in the block and adapted to be intell in the registering perforations of the sleeve and pole.

A wagon reach comprising a sleeve which is non-circular in transverse section and provided with a lower flattened side having perforations, a reach pole adapted to slide into the sleeve and being non-circular in transverse section and havin a lower fiattened side provided with perforations, the said perforations in the reach pole adapted to he brought into register with the perforations of the sleeve, hounds located at the op posite sides of the sleeve, means for adjustably securing the hounds at the opposite sides of the sleeve, a block fixed with relation to the hounds, and

a bolt passing ing against the opposite sides'of the sleeve, 35

a block having at its ends flanges, the block lying against the'under side of the sleeve,

a bolt carried by the block and adapted to engage the sleeve and reach pole to. hold the same in adjusted positions with relation to. 4

each other, plates located at the outer sides of the hounds, and draw bolts connecting the said plates together and lying transversely across the bounds and sleeve, the lower traction'L-bolts lying against the ends of the block and at the sides of the flanges thereof. In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

- SAMUEL A. HALL. CHARLE$ KING. Witnesses:

H. W. WArsoN, C. E. LANCASTER.

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